Bio

Myfanwy Ashmore is a media artist working in sculpture & new media technologies, holding an MFA from York University (1998), living in Canada. Their work has been exhibited extensively, including 2024 Digital Portraiture: Empathy In Virtual Worlds, with Cory Arcangel & Paper Rad, Angela Washko, JODI, Brody Condon, Eddo Stern, curated by Bob Bicknell-Knight, Is it This Gallery,[Senne] Brussels, Belgium,  Show #32: Video Game Art 1970-2005, curated by Paul Slocum Including work by Cory Arcangel, John Horton Conway, JODI, Hacking/Modding/Remixing as Feminist Protest, Curated by Angela Washko, Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016 (Episode 4 minute 20) Ways of Something: Lorna Mills) The Whitney Museum of American Art & (Permanent collection), Game Show at Surrey Art Gallery (Surrey), Arcadia University Gallery (Part of “The Big Nothing” Philadelphia), DeadTech Gallery (Chicago), Poster Project Seoul, Terraforms: Game Mods at Babycastles (NYC), Avatar: The New You, Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney), Zero Gamer (London Games Festival Fringe), Http Gallery/Furtherfield (London) and Play Boys with GameBoys Smart Project Space (Amsterdam). She has taught new media and animation courses at Guelph University, York University, Toronto Metropolitan University and led workshops at Paved Art Media Art Centre (Saskatoon) and ISEA (Abu Dhabi and Dubai). She has been the recipient of numerous grants from The Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts. Other awards include being a finalist for the prestigious K.M. Hunter Award through the Ontario Arts Council and finalist for the coveted Glenfiddich Artist Residency Prize. Since 2019, she has held the title of Managing Director of the non-profit charitable artist-run centre for independent animation: The Toronto Animated Image Society